Far from border, immigration may decide 2 Congress seats
The banners at the meeting read "Somos America," or "We are America." Mexican and Asian immigrants there invoked the dignity of all immigrants, whether legal or not, and declared the...
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Clinton delivers a boost
Former President Bill Clinton spoke at a Chicago fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean and Tammy Duckworth on Monday and praised the suburban Democratic congressional candidates as "independent, clear-thinking, non-ideological,...
2 GOP bastions under siege here
Once finely balanced between the city and the suburbs, the political scales of metropolitan Chicago have been tipping ever more Democratic, and fierce congressional races in two long-safe Republican bastions...
Gun law heats up race for Congress
After a series of school shootings nationwide, Democratic congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth called Tuesday for "sensible" gun laws while accusing her Republican opponent, state Sen. Peter Roskam, of being a...
State takes aim at dentist
A dentist failed to monitor the pulse, breathing and blood pressure of the 5-year-old girl who slipped into a coma and eventually died when she received a sedative mix of...
Duckworth urges probe of military spending
Drawing on her personal experience as an Iraq War veteran, Democratic congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth called Wednesday for greater scrutiny of what she described as wasteful government spending on military...
Pact will let `Pate’ park boost services
James "Pate" Philip State Park--located where DuPage, Cook and Kane Counties converge--will expand services under a new funding agreement, the state's Department of Natural Resources announced Friday. The agreement came...
Duckworth praised for stance on abortion
Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic hopeful in Illinois' west suburban 6th Congressional District, was extolled here Thursday by one of the nation's most influential abortion-rights groups as the candidate to replace...
Edgar gives boost to Topinka in ad
After enduring a spate of attack ads, Republican governor candidate Judy Baar Topinka turned to Jim Edgar on Thursday, using TV commercials featuring the former governor vouching for her truthfulness...
State digs deep to revive mines
Mounds from a once-grand industry jut out from the low-lying cornfields in what old-timers call "bony piles." They are the remnants of 64 coal mines that thrived in 1890 in...